Use XP Professional Upgrade edition but start from scratch?

[Peter]

I am eligible for the XP Professional Upgrade edition
(from NT 4.0) but want to start from scratch rather than
upgrade my existing NT system. Can I do this with the
Professional Updrade edition?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I am eligible for the XP Professional Upgrade edition
| (from NT 4.0) but want to start from scratch rather than
| upgrade my existing NT system. Can I do this with the
| Professional Updrade edition?

 

[Peter]

You mean, I can buy the XP Professional Upgrade edition
and then do a clean install if I choose, correct?

(I looked at the website that explains how to do the clean
install).

I want to do the clean install because I do not have a lot
of data / programs (it is / can be all backed up), but
want to go to a new file system, change partions, clean up
the directory, etc.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If you have your old Microsoft NT installation CD, then you
can indeed perform a "clean install" using the "upgrade version"
of XP Pro. During the setup process, you'll be requested to insert
a previous version of a Windows CD in the CD drive to verify
your eligibility to continue with the clean install.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| You mean, I can buy the XP Professional Upgrade edition
| and then do a clean install if I choose, correct?
|
| (I looked at the website that explains how to do the clean
| install).

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's quite possible to perform a clean installation using an
Upgrade CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and
format partitions as part of the installation process.

Simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. The Upgrade CD checks to
see if a qualifying OS is installed, and, if it finds none, it asks
you to insert the installation media (CD) of that OS. Unfortunately,
an OEM "Recovery/Restore" CD will not work for this purpose; you must
have a true installation CD, complete with the "\Win98" folder and
*.cab files, or the "\i386" folder of WinNT/2K.

Alternatively, or especially if all you have is an OEM Recovery CD
for the earlier OS, you can even start the upgrade from within the
current Win98/Me/NT/2K installation, and still elect to perform a
clean installation, to include formatting the drive. In this case,
there's no further request for the qualifying OS's installation CD,
because the installation routing "remembers" that you started from
within the qualifying OS. This process is more time-consuming, but
you get the same results: a clean installation of WinXP.


Bruce Chambers

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